Finger-nail cleaner



J. W. IVURY.

FINGER NAIL CLEANER.

APPLICATION mu) OCT. 4, I918.

1,367,974. Patented Feb. 8,1921.

IIVVENTOR.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FINGER-NAIL CLEANER.

Application filed October 4.,

To all 10 ham it may concern Be it known that 1, JAMES ll. IVORY, a subject of the King of Great Britain, residing in the city and county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Finger-Nail Cleaner, of which the following is a specification.

lily invention consists of a finger nail cleaner consisting oi a thin wedge shaped oval tapering blade havi j thereon teeth by nierns of which nails may be efiectively clea without scratching the nail or irri- Q the soft tissue or cuticle thereof, the adapted as a cuticle pusher. is satisfactorily illustrated n the accompanying drawing, but the im- .nt instruinentalities thereof ma be vad so is to be unoerstood that the ion is not limited to the specific deshorn and described, as long as they ithin the spirit or scope ot the claim. and 2 repres nt perspective osite sides of a finger nail invention.

. transverse section --3 W1 1.

i the forward terminal of has one face convex, oval on said face are the teeth 3, c-SCK 4: of the blade is tlat and 01' t 19 ot e blade,

U o a point yet are not deep enough to penetrate the back 4: so that the ex reme front edge of the back of the blade consequently the front edge of he blade is untooti ed or unbroken, as shown more particularly in Fig. 2 but said is thin and tapering or wedge-like so as to conform to the space between the underside of a finger nail and the adjacent esh, and the toothed face of the blade conforms to the concavity of the underside of in others they converge tho Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 8, 1921.

1918. Serial No. 256,891.

the nail. If the blade is made of hard metal or material it is left with a dull edge, but it made of an unabrasive material that will not scratch the nail, the teeth are left 01' made sharp and the Vspaces between them may be supplied with a cleansing powder or lotion ot a kind usually employed in inanicurlng.

il she operation is as follow powder or washed with soap and water, the blade is inserted in the space under the nail and manipulated by the handle with a l s mi-circular movement from side to i his will thoroughly cleanse the space won the nail and flesh of any dirt or foreign lodged in said space or clinging to the underside oi": the nail, while at no same time, the nail will not only be c aned and thened as there will be an extra flow of blood to the parts with which the blade is ontiguous due to the massage that is occasioned by the blade.

in the case of a cuticle pusher, by the use oi the blade, the scarf skin may be gently ushed back by the same. The blade may be .l with the handle. and the latter may ewhat flat or circular as shown in .es of the drawing.

a shoulder 5 is formed the o the blade is shown separate "l n from the handle, and shank is held thereon by the yaws 6 which extend from the handle. I

In Fig. 6 the handle has thereon the knurl JAMES W. IVORY.

lVitnesses 7' JOHN A. WIEDERSHEIM, N. BUSSINGER.

grasping the same during maletter a nail is well brushed with a fine beautificd, but it will be 

